Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-14

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for in full. 1t was opened for the recep-
tion of patients on the - of July, 1885,
and it now shelters and comforts 267 in
mates. The institution is also in fine
condition and it's management all that
can be desired. For the unsurpassed con-
dition of these two institutions the couu-
try is indebted to the boards of manage
ment and to Drs. Denton and Wal
lace.
INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND.
There are now liz Students IN this in
stitution, and its management and gen.
ersl condition are in all respects highly
satisfactory. The buildings and grounds
have been enlarged and improved, and
DR.. Rainey's long experience and adapt
bility for superintendent has been in the
highest degree promotive OF success. To
him and the board OF management l ten
der my warmest thanks for their credit
able efficiency.
DEAF AND DUNE INSTITUTE.
AT this institute great changes have
taken place. The old wooden buildings
have been removed, and in their place
substantial brick structures have been
reared. The grounds are tastefqlly
laid out, and improvements are
visible in every direction. Among
the latter may be mentioned the new
building recently completed and now
used as 3 printing and hook binding es-
adjustment, with deaf-mutes as compost
tors, folders aud binders. The progress
of the pupils in education is very marked,
aud n all things the management OF the
institute is emiCently satisfactory. For
| the success that has attended il the PEG
| pie owe much to its governing board as
we'll as to its devoted superintendent, DR..
| Shapard, aud | return them the triouGe Of
my humble thanks. At the same time
| suggest that the state is not doing its
whole duty by the inmates of this institu-
| ton. While it is true 6u education is
being given them, it is squally true that
that education Is necessarily Of lll;le ben
eft unless the state goes further and
gives them some trade by which they can
make living when they are discharged
from the institute. This view Of the mat
ter suggests the ACCESSIBILITY and wisdom
Of enlarging the printing establishment,
to the end that the printing and binding
| Of our suoreme court reports and similar
state work may be executed at that office.
1t is conceded on all sides. and the prOpC-
sitiOn does not admit OF contradiction,
that the deaf-mu.es make excellent prin.
tiers and binders, and that The work they
turn out from the establishment is equal
TO that of any Office in the country
Therefore, they should be encouraged, and
trust some steps looking to the object
point ont will be taken by the legislature
SUPREME COURT REPORTS.
The system of reporting the work of
I no nrt No pb
TIE reports now cost the profession 81
per volume. This money comes out Of
the pockets Of the people. l recommend,
instead OF the present system that re-
porter be provided for and paid salary.
Competent men can be mad for reason
able salary per year. Let him be APP
pointed by the governor, and be required
to have the printing and binding done at
the state printing office at the Deaf and
Dumb Institute. With a small increase
Of appropriation for that establishment it
will be enabled to do the work as well as it
is now done in the North, and at one-half
the present cost, or less. This saving
can be effected for 5he taxpayers, and at
the same time the students of the :nsti
stute will be taught a trade by
Which they can make living
and become self-supporting in The
fu!ure. | refer the two houses to the
report Of Senator Evans on this subject,
TO re found at page 224, senate journal,
Nineteenth legislature. have no doubt
whatever these reports can be printed
and bound st the state printing office in
SIS superior manner rs they can be
done elsewhere, they viii be furnished
al half the present cost, and at the same
time the unfortunate deaf-muteS can be
blessed with a practical education by
which they can become useful, self-suD-
porting citizens-able 10 earn livelihood
wherever they may 60, and be able to
speak Dy sheir skilled industry the graft
tude their tongues Cel never lisp in
words.
Ia some of the Northern states their su-
preme court reports cost little more than
81 per volume, and it is now for the leg
islatuEe Of Texas to say whether we shall
continue paying into the Golfers of ST..
Louis printlng-house more than twice the
amount annually which we can get the
same work done for mere at home.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COL
LBGE.
l am glad to be able to announce thst
this institution is in q most fl furnishing
condition, and that it has been brought To
something like that high standard in
tended by its founders. recommend
that provision be made for the
appointment Of q board Of visitors
to that institution, and that said
board be paid reasonable per diem with
expenses. Through such a bOard, whose
duty it would be to publish annual re-
ports, etc, the public could be made bet
ter acquainted with the advantages OF the
agricultural and Mechanical college than
now. Within the last few months the
institution has had tt mourn the loss OF
the president of the board of managers in
the death of ex-senator Pieufer. IA the
demise of such man Ehe country lost a
most valuable citizen aud the college a
most Jealous auu efficient supporter. The
sons of the farmers and mechanics of this
state are respiag rich harvest from this
school.
DISBURSEMENTS.
In former message | called attention
to the manner of paying accounts of
county officers, and suggested the pro-
priety of paying all sheriffs' and clerks
accounts in the county where created. 1t
is matter of impossibility for the comp
troller to do Justice between the state
and persons from q distance presenting
accounts. He may often withhold the
payment of an honest claim, or, as expert
ence often proves, ne mayapprove accounts
that should never be paid. The largest
appropriation made is to meet these &C
counts The district judge hiss not the
time, and it is really no part of his consti
tutional duty, to scrutinize them, ana at
the end of mis- term he often approves
those presented without even examining
them.
The money comes from the people, at
sill events, and if, after the district judge
has passed upon them, they hsd to under
90 the scrutiny of an auditor or of the